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All Pennsylvania Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores will close at 9 p.m. Tuesday to help combat the spread of covid-19, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced. Stores in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties in eastern Pennsylvania — among the hardest-hit in the state — already were slated to...

The Allegheny County Health Department announced two additional cases of covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the county to six. The department said the new cases are adults — one in their 60s and one in their 50s. They are isolated at home. The department said there...

All Starbucks locations in the U.S. and Canada will be moving to a “to go” only model as it works to help slow the spread of covid-19, the company announced Sunday night. Seating will be suspended in the coffee shops, but takeout orders will still be accepted through the Starbucks...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro says his email tip line has received more than 200 complaints of price gouging by stores around the state as consumers scramble to buy supplies while coronavirus continues to spread. More than 100 complaints of suspect gouging reached Shapiro’s office in the first two days...

Reba McEntire’s March 26 show at PPG Paints Arena has been postponed as coronavirus concerns continue to stretch across the country, the singer/songwriter announced Thursday night. She will now be coming to Pittsburgh July 16. All tickets purchased for the March 26 show will be honored. The nationwide arena tour,...

The NFL would add two teams to the playoffs, increase the number of regular-season games and shorten the preseason under a proposed collective bargaining agreement that would also increase the players’ revenue share, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported. Schefter reported Wednesday that the CBA proposal offered by owners expands the playoff...

Don’t want to leave your house when you realize you forgot to buy tickets for the big drawing? Now you don’t have to. Pennsylvania Lottery officials on Friday announced that Mega Millions and Powerball tickets can now be purchased online. The purchases can be made through PA Lottery’s iLottery platform....

Mac Miller’s music will live on — and soon. The late Pittsburgh rapper’s family announced on his verified Instagram page that a new album entitled “Circles” will be released Jan. 17. The family says it is a companion album to “Swimming,” which was released in August 2018. View this post...

John Shumway has stepped down as the morning news co-host on KDKA Radio. His last day was Wednesday. He will remain on KDKA-TV as a general assignment reporter, according to a statement from Michael Spacciapolli, senior vice president of Entercom in Pittsburgh, shared by KDKA. “(John’s) tireless work ethic and...

They don’t necessarily like what Myles Garrett did, but one Cleveland-based company is pinning the blame for Garrett’s actions elsewhere. GV Art + Design is selling “Pittsburgh started it” shirts on its website a week after the Browns defensive end ripped the helmet off Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and struck...

Antonio Brown apologizes. This time. For now. The embattled wide receiver took to social media Tuesday morning to apologize to the New England Patriots and owner Robert Kraft for “the bad media and the drama !” The apology comes days after Brown met with the NFL to discuss sexual assault...

The prices look good, but read the fine print. GetGo rolled out a new program — AdvantagePay — that offers discounts of between 5 and 30 cents per gallon of gas and can be combined with Giant Eagle’s other benefit program, Fuelperks+. So if you’ve seen significantly cheaper prices on...

Aaron Donald is excited. But he’s not letting it get the best of him. The Los Angeles Rams’ superstar defensive lineman and Pitt alum told NFL Network this week that he’s excited about the opportunity to come home and play against the team he cheered for growing up. The Rams...

In his first season as a full-time starter, Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Adam Frazier impressed with his defense. The 27-year-old was named a National League Gold Glove Award finalist by Rawlings, along with two other first-time finalists: The Atlanta Braves’ Ozzie Albies and St. Louis Cardinals’ Kolten Wong. Frazier’s .989...

This seems appropriate. Philadelphia Flyers fans who may be looking to get, oh, maybe 44 years or so of frustration out (1975, anyone?) now have the chance to do it at their team’s home arena. The “Disassembly Room” is a first-of-its-kind “rage room” inside Wells Fargo Center that will offer...

Yes, everyone else was experiencing it, too. Twitter and Tweetdeck experienced global outages Tuesday night, and they remained a problem for many users Wednesday morning. Twitter Support said users might have had issues tweeting, getting notifications or viewing direct messages. Users also reported issues with retweeting and using Twitter’s GIF...

Police in Arizona arrested a man Tuesday in connection with the death of Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller. The Arizona Republic reported Ryan Reavis, 36, of Lake Havasu City was arrested Tuesday, and police said a search of his home yielded a prescription pad, prescription pills, drug paraphernalia and marijuana. The...

It was Russell Wilson to the rescue. That’s how news outlets on the Pacific coast saw it. The Seattle Seahawks defeated the Steelers, 28-26, on Sunday at Heinz Field, and their six-time Pro Bowl and Super Bowl-champion quarterback engineered just enough to get them to that victory. The Steelers sacked...